Blake Begins One Year California Jail Term In San Francisco
George Blake elusive union organizer with four California grand jury indictments has begun a one year county jail sentence in San Francisco. He was tried in Juvenile Superior Court last Monday found guilty and sentenced. Blake faces additional felony charges and remains a fugitive from bond.
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George Blake
San San Francisco
Calif
Charles W. Dullea
San Francisco
Blake
Dutlea
Dullea
Horace M. Alexander
California
Califoria
John Lyle Shelton
Earlie
Signal Hill
Tate
Frederick
Prince George's
Francis E. Weightman
Weightman
Mid-West
Eighteen Local Selectees Leave for Induction Today
Eighteen selectees from Draft Board One completed final physicals in Baltimore and will end 14 days of furlough to enter the Army. The group includes Roger A. Cook city streets assistant superintendent and others such as Elmer C. Keiler squadron leader and acting corporal Jack F. Willis Wendell M. Stewart Charles R. Keeney Harry L. Wachter John E. Williams George W. Summer Charles R. Norris Donald Purdham George E. Gosnell Christ C. Christis Robert D. Rhoderick Edgar W. Peamroy Harry W. Summers Singleton G. Rudy William N. Hoffman and Bernard L. Myers.
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Draft Board One
Baltimore
Army
Roger A. Cook
Elmer C. Keiler
Jack F. Willis
Wendell M. Stewart
Charles R. Keeney
OPA Establishes 1,090,206 Recap Tire Quota for November
The Office of Price Administration set a quota of 1,090,206 recap tires or recapping services today. Passenger car operators may apply for recap tires or certificates to obtain tires recapped in November.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Urges Tighter Control To Save Manpower
Major General Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, urged tighter control of crop planting, abolition of voluntary armed forces recruiting, and more curbs on non essential industries to combat the manpower shortage.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Fire Defense Course To Open Tonight In Frederick
A three night fire defense course starts tonight at Elm Street School for city air raid wardens to qualify for active service. About 60 wardens enrolled. 173 have finished active duty qualifications and 250 completed the general course. Instructors are Henry N Lochner and Rev Stephen Galley. classes run 7:30 to 9:30 with registration at 7 to 7:30.
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Elm Street
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
William M. Brish
Civilian Protection School
Brish
Henry N Lochner
Stephen Galley
Kemptown
Hold Fast In Stalingrad
Red Army troops held fast in Stalingrad as Germans renewed their assault after heavy artillery. In intense fighting, German infantry led tanks into a factory area but Soviet artillery decimated a full infantry regiment. The Russians counterattacked to reclaim the ground seized the previous day.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Ice industry in Haiti collapses after rationing crisis
When Haiti rationed electricity, home refrigerator ice diminished leading to higher demand for commercial ice. Producers cut output due to power shortages, and the ice industry ultimately ceased operations as the crisis worsened.
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Haiti
Coffee Rationing To Begin November Twenty Eight
Washington announces coffee rationing starts at midnight November 28 for everyone over 15, one pound every five weeks. Retail sales halt November 21 for a week of stockpiling as hoarding fears mount.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Leon Fienderson
War Production Board
OPA
Henderson
Forthcom
Labioling
Betause
United States
Brazil
U.S
Mrs Roosevelt Hears First British Air Alert
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt heard her first British air raid alert in London while addressing Home Counties Auxiliary Territorial Service trainees. She continued speaking unperturbed as the girls cheered. Earlier she visited an ATS base at Home Counties airport and spoke with 22 American ferry pilots.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home Counties Auxiliary Territorial Serviceraining Center
ATS
Home Counties
Bombers strike Hongkong and Canton's White Cloud airdrome
U S Army Air Force bombers raid Hongkong for the second day, destroying the North Point power station and starting fires in Kowloon docks. A later strike on White Cloud airdrome near Canton produced heavy explosions with no bomber losses. In air battles over south Yunnan, American fighters downed several Japanese planes as crews reported strong success in flooding warehouses and ships. Brig Gen Caleb V Haynes led the Hongkong mission with Col Robert L Scott commanding fighters under Gen Claire L Chenault.
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United States Army Air Force
Hongkong
White Cloud
Canton
North Point
Sidwells
Cantor
United States
China Air Ask Force
Kowloon Dock
Yunnan Province
China
Hix
Caleb V. Haynes
U. S. Bomber Command
Robert L Scott
Claire L. Chen- Hau
OS A. S. Army Air Forces
Ration rules tighten as national mileage plan expands
The Office of Price Administration announces a nationwide mileage rationing begining November 22 with strict limits on C rations for occupational driving. Preference miles rise from 14 to 20 use groups and include teachers school officials and certain Red Cross and scrap material collection roles.
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Red Cross
One U. S. Squadron Nets Four Axis Planes in Desert
American fighter squadron nicknamed Jack Scorpions shot down four enemy planes and damaged three more over Fort Daba in the Egyptian desert. The day raised the unit’s total to five axis planes destroyed two probably destroyed and three damaged, part of the broader desert tally of six destroyed and six and a half damaged by U S forces. The action, fought in a fierce dogfight from 16 000 feet to 1 400 feet, ended with the enemy driven from their landing ground.
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United States Army
Egyptian Desert
Desert Battlefeld
United S
Desert
Ft. Daba
Winebrener Leaves OPA to Enter Army Service
Frederick native Philip R. Winebrener relinquishes his price executive post at the State Office of Price Administration to join the U S Army as a special services officer stationed at Camp Pickett Virginia. He will report by month’s end and is a World War veteran who previously served with Col D John Markey and Major Charles N Staley in the Maryland National Guard. He led Winebrewer and Cramer Inc wholesale grocers after WWI and helped organize Serv U Save U Stores in Frederick. The Navy meanwhile reports a medium sized merchant ship torpedoed and sunk off the north coast of South America in late August with survivors landed at an eastern park.
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Philip R. Winebrener
Frederick
Price
State Office of Price Administration
United States Army
National Guard
Winebrewer
Camp Pickett
D. John Markey
Pickett
Charles N. Staley
Col
Markey
CPA
OPA
Baltimore
Winebrewer and Cramer, Inc
D. C
Regi- Ineniel
Maryland National Guard
Washington
Navy
United States
Atlantic
South America
East Joeast
United States Park
All-Out Drive Is Opened By Japanese On Guadalcanal
Japanese forces land fresh troops on Guadalcanal and hammer American defenses five times Friday night and Saturday morning, with tanks and heavy artillery repulsed by Army and Marine units. American planes and artillery repelled the fifth assault. Additional enemy troops land to the northwest, while Allied air and naval actions damage or possibly sink several enemy ships and export casualties.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
United States
Supreme Court refuses to reconsider wage-hour overtime ruling
The Supreme Court declined to reconsider two rulings dated June 8. One involved the Dallas Morning News and a contract hourly rate used to compute overtime for salaried workers. The other involved Overnight Motor Transportation Company and a base rate for time and a half overtime. Justice Byrnes wrote the Dallas case, Justice Reed the Baltimore matter.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dallas Morning News
Justice Byrnes
Justice Reed
Overnight Motor Transportation Company, Inc
Baltimore
Anti Aircraft Guns Fire At Lone Plane In London Alert
London woke to an air raid alert as anti aircraft guns fired on a lone aircraft flying over the outskirts. The brief mid morning alert coincided with Mrs Roosevelt visiting a Women’s Auxiliary unit in the home counties, exact location undisclosed. The capital last heard sirens a week earlier during daylight alerts.
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London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Britain
Women's Auxiliary Territorial
Poll Tax Elimination Backed By Committee
Washington Oct 26141 The Senate Judiciary committee approved 13 to 5 a revision of law removing poll taxes and prerequisite to voting in elections where federal office holders are chosen. Sen Norris and Neb immed notified Senate and obtained permission for filing majority and minority reports while Senate was not. When Maracie France raised street car fares on fines during rush hours to cut traffic the plan failed as workmen were the main patrons and cheaper routes crowded.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Norris
Neb
Senate
Maracie
France
Reely
Sixteen Die As RAF Ferry Plane Crashes Near Montreal
Montreal reported a Royal Air Force ferry command aircraft crash on Montreal Island near Dorval. Sixteen people died seven crewmen among them. two were crew and the rest passengers. Names would be released after kin were notified.
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Montreal
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Montreal Island
Vote de Lessee
Dorval
Streams Rise After Heavy Night Rains
Heavy rains drenched the area with 7.76 inches for the month and caused streams along the Monocacy and its tributaries to rise above banks in spots. Flood warnings eased as rainfall slackened, but Muddy Run and Fishing Creek ran high while Johns Creek remained near bank full at key crossings. Temperatures hovered around 50 to 60 degrees after a cold day with a high of 56 and a windless night.
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Monocacy River
Fishing Creek
Muddy Run
Hansonville
Gettysburg Road
Lewistown
Israel's Creek
Liberty Road
Wolfsville
Myersville
Middletown
Big Middle Creek
Ellerton
Emmitsburg
Shenandoah
Potomac
Weather Bureau
Unseasonable Deaths Rise in 88 Cities Over Weeks
The Census Bureau reports unseasonable increases in deaths from 88 major cities for two consecutive weeks, hinting at a broad urban respiratory issue. Since mid-August death rates surpassed the three-year average, with the week ending Oct 3 at 8.1 percent, Oct 10 at 12.9 percent, and Oct 17 at 8.5 percent, not localized to any single area.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Stock Market Mixed With Low Activity In Early Session
The market held a steady tone on light volume with rails showing brief activity in early trades. Interest in major industrial leaders was subdued for most of the session, while minor gains appeared around the fourth hour.
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Rails
British Army repels Axis attempts at El Alamein gains
British Eighth Army presses forward under strong air cover at El Alamein as Rommel’s troops face repeated attempts to close gaps. Allied air forces and Black Scorpion squadrons claim multiple Axis aircraft shot down while French forces under De Larminat participate in the North African operations. Prisoners number climbs past 1,400 as Rommel’s minefields and defenses show strain across the 40 mile battle belt.
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Cairo
Britain
Army
Rommel
Qakarm
Eighth Army
London Evening News
el Alamein Line
London
Axia
Desert
el Alamein
de Larminat
Pierre Koenig
Bir Hacheim Oasis
Libya
Distillers Begin Voluntary Rationing Amid Shortage Fears
Baltimore October 26 distillers nationwide announce a voluntary rationing program to safeguard reserves. Donald Hammond executive secretary of the Association of Maryland Disasters cites three pressures: government war orders diverting production, rising demand depleting stocks in three years, and potential return to 1930s conditions if shortages occur. Distillers have cut supplies regionally and some brands have been discontinued.
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Baltimore
Donald Hammond
Association of Maryland
Hammond
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Elm Street School
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U. S
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Shortland Island
Douglas
Dauntless
Dallas News
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